A new year is a new life. Many people want to start life with a "clean slate", but it's very hard to keep your word to yourself when goals aren't fixed. So be sure to make a list of goals at the beginning of the new year so you have a plan to stick to.
If you've never done it before, you can use our list - take some items in whole or in part, or be inspired by it to write your own.
Since this is a template of plans for the year, they are more global than in the seasons to-do lists. You can also read lists of goals for fall, winter, spring and summer on our website.
So.
Spiritual development
- Learn the art of meditation
- Quit bad habits
- Read the 10 best books of world literature
- Read 10 books on personal development
- Regularly engage in charity work and volunteering
- Keep a gratitude journal
- Make friends and acquaintances around the world
- Overcome at least one of your fears
- Practice mindful breathing
- Read a book a week
- Work through the underlying issues with a psychologist
- To study the problem of ecology
- Introduce useful eco-habits into your life (strive for conscious consumption, reduce plastic purchases, start separate waste collection, buy a shopper, etc.).
Finance
- Pay off all debts and loans
- Organize passive sources of income
- Receive a monthly cumulative stable high income
- Start setting aside money for future investments
- Help those in need on a regular basis
- Keep a record of your finances in writing or in an appendix.
Creativity and entertainment
- Learn to play a musical instrument
- Learn to draw
- Decorate the interior of the house according to your taste
- Learn public speaking and avoid stage fright
- Learn how to do origami
- Scream for a few minutes in the woods at full blast
- Have an exotic breakfast at a restaurant.
- Weekend trip: buy tickets a day before departure
- Paint a cup, and drink your favorite tea out of it
- Wear an unfamiliar look/glasses/hat
- Fill the album with photos, making captions and drawings
- Capture your day in Instagram stories in as much detail as possible
- Take a workshop at a creative studio.
Personal growth, intelligence, skills
- Improve your foreign language skills
- Become a recognized expert in your field
- Read 3 biographies of famous people
- Plan the month and live by the plan
- Conduct a timing study of the 3 days
- Watch your favorite TV series in a foreign language
- Meet a famous person you admire in person
- Meet new people every week
- Spend a week without internet
- Become a mentor to someone
- Start keeping a diary, writing out the most significant events and thoughts
- Make a list of countries you want to visit
- Learn to program: write a simple program. For example, your own personal calculator, calendar, game
- Learn to freewrite
- Wake up every day at 5, 6, or 7 in the morning
- Learn to control your emotions
- Don't make emotional purchases. Master the "10-Second Rule"
- Learning how to tell stories
- To build a Rubik's cube
- Learn a couple tricks
- Take an extreme driving lesson
- Learn to provide first aid
- Holding your breath for more than 2 minutes
- Master speed reading
- Put your ideal day on paper and try to make it a reality
Adventures
- Hot air balloon ride
- Take a roller coaster ride
- See the northern lights
- Climb to the top of the mountain
- Take a hike
- To meet the sunrise with the person you love
- Take a picture of a rainbow. How to do it in an original way? Read in our article Summer photo shoot ideas
- To fly in an aerotube
- Go to a concert of your favorite band
- Make a gastrotour of the city's cafes (for example, try jasmine tea in three different places on the same day). Make your own expert rating
- Feed a squirrel in the woods
- See a waterfall
- Sit by a fire - a campfire, fireplace, or candlelight
- Attend a big music festival
- Weekend travel: buy tickets a day before departure
- Celebrate your birthday in another country
If you want something more, we have a list of crazy goals for life. Get inspired by it :)
Health
- Be examined by all major physicians, have all tests done
- If there are health issues that have been lingering for a long time - address them first, make an appointment with a specialist right away
- Get your weight back to normal (lose excess weight or gain weight)
- Print out (or hand-draw) a tracker of new healthy habits
- Drink a quota of clean water per day
- Adhere to a healthy diet
- Find a favorite physical activity (dance, fitness, running, etc.) and exercise regularly
- Attend a floating session
- Get two massages in one year
Other
- Put all the birthdays of loved ones and acquaintances on the calendar
- To wish everyone a happy birthday
- Make a track list that improves your mood (and use it in times of discouragement)
- Don't watch or read the news all week
- Meet people you haven't seen in a long time
- Plant a tree
- Pop the bubbles on the wrapping tape
- Make a plan for the next year
For couples
- Compliment your soulmate every day for a month
- Recall a date from the beginning of the relationship and repeat it as accurately as possible
- Say the phrases «Good morning!», «I love you», «Good night» to each other daily
- Thanking your loved one for doing routine tasks
- To give something that your partner has been dreaming of for a long time, but for some reason you were against it
- Create a photo book with pictures from the very beginning of your relationship with the most significant moments (order it with 5% discount by promo code LIFE).
- To propose marriage in an unusual way (for unmarried people)
- For the married, have your wedding in another country, repeat your wedding vows and stay there for your honeymoon
- To take your love one out of town for the weekend
- Write a letter to your partner about why you love him or her
- Take a stroll around downtown with the two of you dressed up, and just enjoy each other's company
You might be interested in our director's lifelong to-do list (lifelist). You can check it out HERE.
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